Combined beverage and water cooler and dispenser.



A. H. SPELLMEYER.

COMBINED BEVERAGE AND WATER COOLER AND DISPENSER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-17,1916- Patented Sept. 4, 1917.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG-17, 1916- 1 ,Q3 Patented Sept. 4, 1917.

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Be it known that I, ALBERT H. SPELL- MEYER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain @new and useful Improvements in Combined Beverage and Water Coolers and Dispensers, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in comblned beverage and water coolers and dispensers, and the primaryobject of my improvement is to construct as a unit the body portion of thedevice, which body p ortion comprises a receptacle forwater, a receptacle for ice, and a pluralityof recep tacles for flavoring extracts or beverages; such a body portion having provisions made for a ready attachment ofdrawlng faucets.

.With the, aboveobject in viewmy invens construction and arrangement of parts which will be clearly, concisely andfully set forth in my specification and specifically pointed out'in my claims, and illustrated by the accompanying drawings in whichs-r Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device constructed, according to my invention, wlth certain of the drawing faucets removed.

Fig. 2, isa plan of the device witha portion of theremovable cover broken away, the. bottles not. being Fig, 5, is a sectional elevationtaken on the line 55 of Fig. 2, the drawing faucet of the water receptacle being removed.

Fig. 6, is .a perspective of one of gaskets forming a seat for abottle.

Fig. 7, is an inverted plan of the removable cover; and

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Fig. 8, is adetail sectional elevation showing a stopper employed in lieu-of a bottle. 1

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 10 designates vertical Walls constituting the body of the device; these .walls are substantially vertical, andpas Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1917.

Application filed August 17, 1916. Serial ITO/115,401.

shown in my drawings may flare downwardly and outwardly adjacent the bottom of the device. Removed from the lowermost margin of the cylindrical body 10, is the bottom proper 11, which is horizontally disposed and having. its margin integrally united with the inside face of the wall 10; arising from the uppermost face of the bottom proper 11, is a cylindrical wall 12, which arises to a height less than the wall 10, of thebodyproper. The lowermost edge of the cylindrical wall 12, is integrally united with the uppermost face of the bottom proper 11. i r

.. The space 13, within the wall 12, is utilized as an ice receptacle, and the space 14,

between the walls 12 and 10, is utilized for water, which is cooled by contact with the wall 12 of the ice receptacle 13. z

The water receptacle as shown as a drawing faucet 15, which is inserted through an opening 16, formed in the wall 10, of the body portion next the bottom proper 11. .It is pointed out here that the construction of the faucets shown forms-no part of my in vention, and I wish to be understood as not limiting myself to the use of any particular 1 form of faucet. x

The reference, numeral 17, designates a flange. which is horizontally disposed and extends inwardly flush with the top of the body proper, and :for only a portion of the.

circumference thereof, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and formed through the flange pref erably equi-distantly spaced circumferen- 1 tially of the flange is a number of openings 18, and upstanding from the flange surrounding each opening is a head 19.

The reference numerals 20, designate the body portions of the flavoring or beverage receptacles these Nbodies are, as clearly shown in; Fig. 4, of substantially U-shape in cross section, and their lengths as clearly I shownrinFigs. 3 and 5, are equal to the spacing of the flange 17, and the bottom proper 11. Each of the bodyportions 20, is separately formed and its. free side man gins, as well as its upper and lower ends are: integrally united with the body portion of the-device, the said free ends of therecep tacles beinglunited with the wall 10,.the

. the openings 18.,

.lower ends oflthereceptacles with the botit is has aaaaoaaatas settle; at; f

bottofn proper II, the wall 12, the flange and the receptacles 20, are integrally united and form a single unitary structure. unitary structure is composed entirely of thenrare lowing manner The substantially cylindrical wall 10, e015 tom proper and of coursewhile the bottom' proper is still unset,v and itsjoint is preferably made-by the addition of eartheri ware a' trifle more moist than wall 12, and bottom 11.

The flange'l'Z, is'first formed and then its uppermost margin secured-to the inner face of the wall10, neXt itstop the securing be- 1 ing done by uniting its margin to the wall 10, before both become set' and by the add i-= tion of earthen-wareat thew ointywhich is slightly more moist than the flange and the wall. a r

The receptacles-20ylare? then formed by rolling andfrom akform bent into U-shape and while still unset. united with the wall 10,bottom l1, and flange 17, while all of said parts'are still unset and by the addition of moist earthen-ware. It will be obvious from the foregolngdescription that the entire body of thedevice fl is a unitary structure having no joints. i This unitary structure after having beenthor-- ou'g'hly dried isthen enamelediover all" of its surfaces, thereby making a structure whichis easily cleansed and in which there are no crevices for the lodgment of any-liquid"or V r ing of the-body 1 0,

A ttimes whenit-is not desirable to use foreign substance, I

Adjacent the bottom end" of eachof the receptacles .20, there isprovided as clearly shown in'Fig; 3, a drawing faucet 21, the 1 specific structurev of w'hibh formsj n-o' part of my inventiona-nd' of c'oiirseI do not wish p and it isnot deemed'necessary hereto enter In each of the'openings 18,-in the flan-ge covering tl1e"receptacles20, there'jis a gasket:

to beliinited to'the forrnof faucet shown.

22,. which is inserted iiitothe opening and hangs from its horizontal flange, as clearly SllOWIl'llT FIQIJG; there s formed n the gasket-a groove 23; so that when a vesselsuch as a' bottle 24', a portion only of which lSSllQWll iii-Fig: 3, is inserted thronghthe bottle is being supplied by gra'v'ityl totjhe' receptacle 20. It being understbod thatthe This 10 and 12, which is to be usedfordrinkingpurposes, may bekept from contacting and being fouled bythe metallic pipe and couplings of the tube 25, and faucet 27 ,-there is provided a notch 28, in the;w all;12, so that the drinking water will overflow into the space 13, before it reaches vthe plane of the pipe couplingbetween thecoil and'faucetl In order to permit the placing and removal" of the coil the-stem 29, of the faucet is niade of a length to extend inwardly beyond the) flange 17 of the body-and the upper end of the coil approximates the end of the stem 29, and is coupled theretoby a union 30. a

It is thus obvious that when the union 30,

isxremoved from the arm-of the coil pro jecting toward thesten 29, thecoil' may be lifted upwardly without contacting with-the flange 17. i

Securedriin-the bottom proper 11, there a,- drain' pipe i31',' having connection with a p pe32, leading to any convenient point of dischargelrz The reference numeral 33 designates a re niovablellid or coverfor theentire body, whoseedges overlap-a portion of the flange 17, and the upper end of the wall 10';"form'ed integrally with the bottom face of the lid 33, there-is a .rib 34, which constitutes 'a down turned flange arranged to assist the" placement and" retention ofthe lid in place. For conve'nience handling, the lid 33, is

providedwith a-handle 35,and' adj acent'tlie I handle there'is-an openingin which is in serted as open ended tube 36, the function of'wh'lch' is to admit air prevent sweatall =of the receptacles 20," and in lieu of a Having-thus describedmy invention, what I clalm'as new therein anddesireto secure by Letters Patent 0f the United s t'ates' is 1';A"com-bined beverage and water cooler and dispenser, comprising a middle cooling chamber, water d spensmgq chamber sur- 1 I roundingthe co ling chamber, andsyrupre gasket, there will be'pr'ovided a vent allowingescape of air when the liquid fr'ornthe ceptfacles within the waterjehamber and spaced froni the cooling chamber, and; a'r ranged for Chttlllllil'.

2. A beverage and Water cooler and dispenser, comprising a unitary ceramic structure having an ice chamber, a Water chamber surrounding the ice chamber, syrup recep tacles Within the Water chamber and spaced from the ice chamber and each other, said receptacles having a wall coincident With the outer Wall of the Water chamber and said receptacles extending to the top of the dis- 10 penser, and a bottle neck receiving gasket in the top of each receptacle having a vent therein. y

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

ALBERT H. SPELLMEYER.

Witnesses:

E. L. WALLACE, R. G. ORWIG.

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Washington, D. 0. 

